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Hey everybody some of you have probably seen my Giant Bomb Wallpaper tigerhawk01.deviantart.com/art… know I'm a huge fan of the site. As some of you know Ryan Davis passed away tragically a few months ago, for a group of strangers that have helped me laugh when I'm down week in and week out I felt I had to do something. Creating art is simply the only way I know how to, but I didn't want to just glorify how awesome Ryan was I wanted to highlight the entire crew.

Some of you may recognize the frame work of this piece that's because as I'm sure some of you know is based off Edward Hoppers "Nighthawks". Which has been parodied by the Simpsons to Santa Claus. While the original piece deals with isolation and possibly a sense of depression I wanted to express the polar opposite. Making it a joyous gathering of friends with lots of booze. Nighthawks is my Mona Lisa of art, I could go on and geek out over this piece for hours but I digress. For those of you visiting from Giantbomb thanks for stopping by and here's a list of who's who.

Hey duder. I saw this briefly on the video when the bomb crew received it but only just now looked at it in detail.

I am also a huge Giant Bomb fan. I don't participate in chat and rarely post on the threads, but I consume everything they put out. From the Bombcast to Load Our Last Souls. I have many amazing friends, but I spend more time with the Bomb Crew than anyone in my life.

I absolutely adore this piece. And it's not only because of the amazing charichatures and slick art.

I don't know how you nailed it so perfectly.

Jeff and Ryan, large and powerful, everyone gathered around them.

Brad standing proudly at Jeff's right hand.

Rorie off to the side, he is working but is still part of the fun. You even let him have his dog.

Patrick with his ghosts.

Drew almost out of the frame, independently cool but looking at the group with respect.

And of course Vinny is serving the drinks. Because Vinny wants everyone to have a good time. And he's always willing to help.

I'd love to, but for the moment its not something I can make available. It's neither parties fault but before it could be made available to the community in that way there are things that would need to be worked out. For now the wallpaper pack will have to sedate you , if it changes you can bet I'll let everyone know though.

I really just ran out of room lol. I drew the Luchadeer before I drew most of the cast and thought it be funny if he was staring down one of the crew members. So I took the nicest guy in the office and decided to put him at odds with Luchadeer. I would have put Alex and Dave more in the middle and even tried to at various points but it tended to mess with the composition.

I love the tiny details, I went and checked out the original and yeah this image is warm and asking me to come in off the street by comparison. Man, one day I'm gonna practice my way up to being this awesome. From one little fish to a much larger one, you're work is inspiring for me to just stare at and figure out how to better light images or employ texture subtly or even just compose a group gathering. =]

Thank you for the kind words it means a lot that I can inspire other artists. If you keep at it I have no doubt you will be as good, if you see my work only five years ago you'd be astounded at the progress. Just keep drawing and drawing studying life and studying other artist. Don't be afraid to have a terrible drawing because even us pros struggle with it day in and day out. Practice drawing what you love study other styles by trying to replicate them. (don't take credit sole credit though I know you wouldn't) If you keep drawing before you know it you'll be at a whole new level. Make sure to look back at your work from time to time to assure yourself of your progress and keep at the grind.

Thanks man, I couldn't have asked for a better response from the GB community. I'm seeing what my options are now I'll make a post on my sites and GB forums when I have more news on how I can make it available.

Amazing work. I think all the fans of Giant Bomb were truely rocked by the loss of Ryan. This is in part a fantastic tribute to him. That's not to take away from how great this piece is in its own right - consider yourself watched sir.